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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE THOMAS J. INGRAl-IAM, OF I-IORNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-y HALF TO F. G. BABCOCK, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,639, dated April 12, 1892.

Application filed May 26, 1891. Serial No. 394,174. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. INGEAHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fence, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the aocompanyingdrawin gs. This invention relates to certain new and Io useful improvements in fencingstrands; and

zo other side ofthe other-that is, the interrnediate wire runs over and under. In the other form the intermediate wires run all over or all under. I twistthe intermediate wires alternately to strengthen the strand, and between each two twists I form a diamondshaped opening for ornamentation. The intermediate wires may be simplytu rned around the outer wires, or they may be wrapped around the same twice or more.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the 3 5 accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a strand embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is 4o a like view of a slightly-modified form of the Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views where they occur.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates one of the outer wires, and B the other, which are preferably crimped, as shown.

O and D are the intermediate wires, which are arranged between the outer wires, the said intermediate wires being twisted together 5o substantially centrally between the outer wires, as shown at a, and from the twist eX- tended in opposite directions and turned around the outer wires, as shown at b, forming a diamond-shaped opening c between each two twists in the intermediate wires, as shown.

I may sometimes wrap the intermediate wires around the outer wires, taking two or more; twists, as shown at d in Fig. 2. In both the forms shown the intermediate wires are alter- 6o nately twistedv on different sides of thelong'itudinal wires. In one oase the intermediate wires pass all over in one direction or from one side and all under or from the other side in the other form. The twist of the intermediate wires, together with the turns around the outer wires and the alternating feature, produces a very strong yet light and durable and ornamental strand.

What I claim as new is- A wire fence-strand consisting of two parallel wires, each having a series of crimps or bends, and zigzag wires crossing each other and engaging said crimps or bends, said zig- Zag wires being twisted at their points of crossr 7 5 ing, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of t-wo witnesses.

THOMAS J. INGRAHAM.

Witnesses;

FRANCIS G. BABoooK, WELLINGTON SALT. 

